In a recent appearance on Nightdive Studios' Deep Dive podcast, Doom designer John Romero talked about the ways id Software casually revolutionized PC gaming in the early '90s, all on a blistering release schedule where "taking their time" meant cranking out an all-time classic faster than most hero shooters are able to add a new character."We had a technology that no one had yet on the PC, that had been...

The developers of the Skyblivion remake mod for Skyrim have just released their first major development update since the surprise release of Oblivion Remastered, and they seemed keen to prove how their project stands apart as a more full-on remake of the 2006 RPG.And boy, did they come out of the gate swinging with the reveal of an ambitious dungeon complex based on Sutch, a planned eighth full city that...

First reported by Tom's Hardware, The July Steam Hardware Survey results are in, and it's more bad news for Intel, which saw a 0.75% drop last month while AMD gained 0.74% of Steam users. This shift, which has been a trend for years now, puts Intel CPUs at 59.5%, edging perilously close to losing first place. Meanwhile, AMD CPU adoption on Steam is up to 40.39%, the highest it's ever...

Today is the last day you can claim 13 free games GOG is giving away to mark the launch of FreedomToBuy.games, a new initiative to protest censorship in gaming. The games included in the bundle all fall under the broad NSFW umbrella that has been under fire from payment processors on Steam and Itch.io. In response, GOG is giving away NSFW games and vowing to protect gamers' right to buy...

Classical music has formed the bedrock of videogame soundtracks since developers could shove something vaguely Chopinesque onto a three-channel sound chip.Phillippe Vachey worked in compositions of Johann Strauss and Saint Saens among his terrifying plucked string soundtrack. Catherine had half-naked sheep men pulling blocks and climbing to the tune of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude. Hell, Grand Theft Auto 3 let you run over pedestrians while blasting a whole radio station full...

Sundays are for many a time for rest, relaxation, and a good game of Wordle. Or maybe a bad game of Wordle, if it's one of those Sundays. However your puzzle game's currently going, we've got something around here that can make it better. Solve the August 3 (1506) Wordle in an instant with a quick peek at the answer, or take a look at our clue and see if...

It can be hard to tell whether previews are an accurate overview of a game's focus. When a studio is showing off an immersive sim they often emphasize the combat rather than slower-paced exploration and puzzle-solving stuff, and I imagine the same is true of survival horror. People are less fussed if a preview spoils a boss fight than an entire puzzle solution, and it's a lot easier to sell...

Indie horror developer Mike Klubnika is at it again with his latest, split—stylized s.p.l.i.t—a cerebral and tense game where you do a bunch of pure terminal input hacking to accomplish... something... with your remote black-hat collaborators.The thing you're hacking, however, is anything but normal. It's some kind of terrible electronic... network... thing. The description calls it "an unethical superstructure" but after puzzling about with the information you learn in game...

I replayed the opening levels of Dark Messiah of Might & Magic back in March and it still stands up (and then kicks an orc off a wall). That school of first-person physics fantasy is a much-missed flavor of RPG, which is why it's such a treat to sit down for the trailer of Fatekeeper and realize, after the first tedious minute of exposition is out of the way, that...

The developer of Green Hell is going to an entirely new kind of hell for their next game. Sentenced to a stretch on an alien world for unspecified crimes, your miserable lot is to find research specimens, build up high-tech industrial infrastructure, and send resource shipments home for your corporate overlords. Could be worse, you think.Did I mention that the planet surface is periodically licked clean by a raging firestorm...